Bell had the show for about 16 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_to_Coast_AM#Former_hosts
Former hosts[edit]
Mike Siegel hosted the show from April 2000 until February 2001. He became a frequent substitute for the show’s original host, Art Bell in late 1999, and when Bell announced his retirement in early 2000, he recommended Siegel to succeed him.[4] Siegel maintained the format of the show that Bell had created, but his personal style was very different, and the show became less popular. Siegel hosted the show from Seattle, Washington, where he lived. Early in 2001, Bell decided to return, and Siegel left the show.
Other past hosts include weekend host Ian Punnett (who retired from the show due to tinnitus), Hilly Rose, Barbara Simpson and Rollye James.
In January 2012, John B. Wells replaced Punnett as host of the Saturday evening and the second Sunday evening programs. He was fired in January 2014 because the show’s producers wanted to go in a “different direction on Saturday nights”, and is now the host of his own subscriber based program, Caravan to Midnight.[5] On the February 4, 2014 episode of that program, Wells stated that he thought he had been fired from Coast to Coast because he hated Barack Obama to the point where he can’t bear the sight or sound of him, going even further to state that he avoids “even speaking his (Obama’s) name,” and that he thought Obama is a communist.
John B. Wells — his opinion of BO parallels mine. Also he has one of the best radio voices in the industry.
I wonder if there’s a simple bedside “radio” (with a sleep timer) that has just a few buttons and can pick up a wifi signal. And yes, I already have a tablet — but I need something with actual buttons that I can reach over in the dark and control without looking at it. A touch-screen won’t work